- The
Laramide orogeny was a time
period of
mountain building in
western North America,
which started in the Late Cretaceous, 80 to 70
million years ago...
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overlapped in time and
space with the
Laramide orogeny.
Early Sevier thrusting began well
before initial Laramide deformation. However,
there is evidence...
- west. The
Rockies formed 55
million to 80 million
years ago
during the
Laramide orogeny, in
which a
number of
plates began sliding underneath the North...
-
formations had
eroded away
during the
Laramide orogeny.
Building of the
Rocky Mountains by
folding during the
Laramide orogeny 80 to 55 million
years ago...
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resistant sandstone beds that cap the ridge. The
hogback was
formed during the
Laramide orogeny,
approximately 50
million years (50 my) ago, when the
modern Rockies...
- the
Nevadan belt in the
middle (including the
Sierra Nevada), and the
Laramide belt in the east (including the
Rocky Mountains).
These three orogenic...
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friction between this and the base of the
North American Plate. The
resulting Laramide Orogeny,
which began the
development of the
Rocky Mountains, was a broad...
-
American Cordillera, as the
Nevadan orogeny was
followed by the
Sevier and
Laramide orogenies.
Gondwana had
begun to
break up
during the Jur****ic Period, but...
- epoch.
Reglaciation of
Antarctica and
formation of its ice cap; End of
Laramide and
Sevier Orogenies of the
Rocky Mountains in
North America. ****enic...
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forming around this time from a
period of
mountain building called the
Laramide orogeny,
between 80 and 55 mya. The
formation of the
Isthmus of Panama...
